Student Services Blog

Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX), a fully-funded scholarship opportunity, is currently accepting applications from your students. Please make this information available to your students, and encourage them to apply in advance of the December 1 deadline:

UW Study Abroad Fair
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
10am-2pm
Mary Gates Hall Commons
Thinking about studying abroad but don’t know how to get started or what is available? Need help identifying a program that is right for you? Go to the UW Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, October 23rd, from 10am -2pm in Mary Gates Hall Commons. Over 500 study and internship programs will be represented providing an ideal venue to gather program information, compare options, ask questions and receive answers about the wide range of foreign study opportunities available to UW students.

Thanks so much for sharing widely the Critical Language Scholarship information I shared last week. Another similar and yet completely different program is also available for students planning to study critical languages abroad during 2014-15. Again, please share widely with students in all fields.
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S.

I’m writing with updates about the GO! and Fritz study abroad scholarships for UW undergraduates. You can find more information at our website, goglobal.uw.edu and at facebook.com/UWGlobalOpportunities. Please share these updates with students and colleagues, and feel free to contact me with questions. I have also attached flyers to this message.
Application & deadlines
The fall deadline for GO! and Fritz Scholarship applications is Thursday, November 7 at 5pm.

Interested in study abroad? Please join a Gilman International Scholarship Alumna for a presentation with information about this scholarship for study and internships abroad. The presentation will take place in the Paccar Hall, room 391 from 3:30-4:30 on September 4 and will cover information on the Gilman Scholarship and how to create a competitive application. The Gilman Scholarship program offers grants for U.S.

Are you currently a junior, senior, graduate or professional student or a recent bachelor’s, master’s or JD graduate looking for a fully-funded abroad experience during the 2014-15 academic year? Consider the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. This program is designed to give students, artists, and other professionals opportunities to pursue research, graduate study or English teaching experience in over 155 nations worldwide.

This email serves to announce that the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program to support eight internships for undergraduate student research at BIOS during fall 2013.
This program provides recipients with the opportunity to conduct intensive, hands-on research projects in several active and ongoing research areas, including:

Biology, chemistry, and physics of the open ocean
Biology, physiology, and biochemistry of coral reef ecosystems
Molecular biology of marine organisms
Environmental chemistry of Bermuda’s atmosphere and inshore waters
Effects and consequences of global environmental change

Further information on the REU program at BIOS can be found here: www.bios.edu/education/reu/ This includes a list of past projects and student testimonials and links to the application form, an overview of the REU Program at BIOS, student publications and potential BIOS mentors.

Deadline: May 10th!!
Dear UW students,Canadian Studies wishes to draw your attention to the following study-in-Iceland course being offered this Fall Quarter.
FALL 2013 OMAD Iceland Study Abroad Program
Resilience, Natural Resources, and Narratives of Power

Location: Akureyri and Reykjavik, Iceland
Estimated Program Fee: $5700
Credits: 15
Program Director: Margaret Willson
Application Deadline: Extended to May 10, 2013
http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11144&Type=O&sType=O
Program Description:
This course will use the geophysically and economically volatile country of Iceland as the platform to explore how a small modern society copes in this environment of the Polar North.

I’m writing to provide information about the GO! and Fritz Scholarships for study abroad. Please share this information with students and colleagues! If your program has a Facebook page, please also like us at http://www.facebook.com/UWGlobalOpportunities.
The GO! and Fritz Scholarships are open to UW undergraduates from all three campuses and offer awards of $2000 – $5000 to support study abroad.
· The applications are online at goglobal.uw.edu.

Good day,
I am contacting you as Education Coordinator at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), I hope this email finds you well.
I believe the summer courses we offer may be of interest to students of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, I wonder if you might be so kind as to forward details of these opportunities to suitable University of Washington students?